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March 16 1926.

. F. CONARD COMBINED TYPEWRITING AND COMPUTING MACHINE Filed June 15, 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 //7 ve/Wor W /Wax Affqr/ve y F. U. CONARD COMBINED TYPEWRITING AND COMPUTING MACHINE March 16 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 13, 1924 ww /z/ VII @EQQ

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK U. CONARD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, *ASSIGNOR TO UNDERWOOD COM- PUTING MACHINE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. "Y5. A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

COMBINED TYPE'WRITING AND COMPUTING MACHINE.

Application filed June 13, 1924. Serial No. 719,744.

To all whom it may concern:v

Be it known that I, FREDERICK U. CoNAnD, a citizen of the United States, residing in Brooklyn Borough, in the county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin v the general operator, which 'is' efiective to run the set-up number, it any has been set up, into the register or registers andalso to put the machine ina state of add t on regardless of its previous state. Subtraction is automatically obtained in predetermined zones by means of adjustablecams on the carriage, which engage and actuate subtraction-setting mechanism. A machine. of this character is.disclosed,.for example, in the patent to Thornton, No. 1,283,360, dated October 29, 1918.

here changes in the schedule of operations are frequent, the carnage-carried cams for automatically controlling a set scheduleof operations has: been found to be very satisfactory. It has been found in practice, however, that, in many lines of business, machines when once set for a given schedule may run for years without any.

change in the schedule being desired. In such a case, the ease with which the cams may be removed tions onthe carriage is objectionable rather than otherwise, since it sometimes results in confusion and errors, due to the accidental or erroneous misplacement of the cams.

The use of carriage-carried cams, moreover. calls for a multiplicity of parts and sensitive mechanisms which must all be and placed at various posiactuated by the typewriter carriage in its letter-feeding movement. Inasmuch as the source of power used. -.to actuate the carriage and said mechanisms, is the usual carriagepropelling spring, it sometimes happens that the power. available-is not adequate, so that the operation of the machine is not satisfactory. I

It is an object of the present invention to overcome the above-mentioned disadvantages and objections. To this end, provision is made of a. state-controlling rotary cam connected for operationby the motor-propelled general operator to be advanced one step by. each actuation-thereof, and contoured to produce, through suitable connections to the subtraction-setting mechanism, the sequence of operations desired. Since the motoris tripped to operate the general operator at the end of each computing zone, the cam is advanced a step for each comput ing zone traversed. The connections to the subtraction-setting bar, including a camfollower, are so constructed that the subtraction-setting bar will be released and therefore effective to set the machine for subtraction when a low part of the cam is.

engaged by the follower, and the subtraction-setting bar will be maintained ineffective, thus causing the machine to remain in its normal state of addition when a high part of the cam is effective.

The connection from the general operator to the control-cam, for operatin the latter step by step, may inclu e a paw and ratchet, in which case the ratchet will be provided with a number of teeth equal to the number of operations in the fixed schedule, or to a multiple of the number of such operations.

In order to permit the schedule of operations to be changed when desired, the statecontrolling cam and its ratchet-wheel are made removable from the machine, so that the cam may be replaced by a cam of different contour and the ratchet-wheel may, if necessary, be replaced by a wheel having a different number of. teeth. Provision is also made of means for adjusting the throw of the ratchet-operating pawl in accordance V. with the number of ratchet-teeth.

the state-controlling cam is properl An indicator may be used to show that set with respect tothe columns. This indicator comprises a scale-band arranged to'run' over -j-two-pulleys at the front of the machine, one of-the pulleys being driven by a shaft conected to the state;controlling' cam. The scale-band has indices S and A ar- '7 ranged upon it according to the schedule of ,inafter appear. 1 In the accompanying drawings, 1

: controlling cam to the machine, a whole number of cycles bej'ingiinc'luded on the band. The band is Visible through an extended opening in the front of the machine, so that the whole schedulemay be seen by the operator, and a pointer is provided to indicate the particular setting which is effective. I

"All of the state-controllingmechanism and'the indicator therefor are carried by th'ejbase-plate of the machine which forms part of the usual computin'gmachine stand, and are unconnected to the computing or typewriting' mechanism. The computing mechanism may therefore be lifted off the standjatwill to permit ready access to the state-controlling mechanism when it is desired to change the schedule of'operations It will'be seen that by the above-outl ned arrangement, the carriage-propelling mech anism is relieved of-the necessity of actuating the statecontr-olling mechanism,- and, further, that the state of the machine is inde- P n f the'particular writing zone.' .It:

may be desirable, for example, to carry out aschedule' of operations covering several linesof typing, in which addition maybe desired in a certain zone of the first line and subtractionin the same zone of the second line. Such a schedule may be carried out automatically by the use of the present invention.

The novel state-controlling mechanism may also be useful in a'computing machine "which has no traveling. carriage.

Other features and advantages will-here.

- Figure 1 is a plan View of the machine 7 stand having the novel mechanisnr offth present invention applied thereto. V Figure 2 is asectional detail'-view showingapart of the connection from the state- 'the subtraction-bar-releasing lever.

Figure 3 1s a fragmentary sectional View showing the novel mechanism and'so much of the old mechanism as is necessary to an understanding of the invention.

" I Figure 4 is a diagrammatic view of a worksheet indicating the schedule of operations automatically-eilected by the mechanism disclosed in vFigures 1 and 9.

Figure 5 is a diagrammatic view of a work-sheet indicating theschedulc of operations automatically effected by the substitutiou of the ratchet and cam of Figures 7 and 8.

Figure 6 is a sectional detail view showing l the control-cam follower and a part of the connections from the control-cam to the indicator-band.

Figure 7. shows a seven-toothed ratchetwheel for use in carrying out a seven-operation schedule such, for example, asthat indicated in' Figure 5.

Figure 8 shows a cam contoured to carry out the schedule of operations indicated in Figure 5.

Figure 9 1s Figure 1, showing the control-cam connecta fragmentary view, similar to ed for operation from the general operator by means of gearing.

Figure 10 is a detailsectional view show-- a ing the gears forming part of the connec tion between thegeneral operator and the control-cam of Figure9.

. In the Underwood bookkeeping machine' as disclosed, for example, in the patent to Thornton referred to above, alphabet-keys 10 and numeral-keys 11 depress key-levers 12, which are connected to swing type-bars up to print against the front face. of a platen mounted on a carriage.

In addition to operating the types to print the numbers, the numeral-keys 11 also indcx or set uppreliminary representations of the digits in the computing mechanism; To do this, each of the numeral-keys from 1 to 9 is provided with :1 depending stem 13 which engages an arm (not shown) on a rock-shaft 14 arranged to operate a linkage. There is one of these linkages '15 for each of the numeral-keys from 1 to 9, i

and each of them is engaged by an ElI'lIl'.

carried by the accordant one of the rock shafts 14,. The lower reaches 16 of the link-'fiages are employed for setting index-pins" 17 carried by denominationalpin bars"18.

T he pins 17 are normally out of alignment,- with the lower reaches 16, sothat if any reach were depressed, it wouldlpass idly 'be-z.

tween twotransverse rows of the pins.

In order to enable the setting of the pins} 17, a denomination-selecting mechanism is provided which advances the pin-barsto their pin-setting positions seriatim as the carriage progressesin letter-feed direction, f beginning with the pin-bar 18 of highest-"j H (notf denomination. Said selecting mechanism 'COIIIPIISGS a denonnnation-selector shown) mounted on the carriage, which engages and actuates, one after another, de-

nominational jacks (not shown) to thrust downward a series ofthrust-ro'ds 19. which are connected at their lower ends through levers 20 and transposition mechanism 21 to act upon the appropriate pin-bars.

After all, of the digits of a number have been indexed on the pin-bars 18, it is necessary to run up these numbers on the dialwheels 22 of the registers. For this pur pose, each of the dial-wheels 22 is provided with a gear (not shown) engaged by a rack 23 carried by the accordant one of the denominational pin-bars 18.

A general operator 24 is provided with a cross-bar 25, which, at the forward motion 28, which, through a lever 29, rocks a lever 30 to raise a stop-pin 31 that both closes a switch to set the motor into operation and -makes effective acne-revolution clutch (not shown) for giving the general operator 24 a single forward and backward movement.

The general operator 24 may also be reciprocated automatically at the movement of the carriage forward from the units column of each computing zone, and it is with this mode of operation that the present in vention principally has to do. This automatic actuation of, the general operator 24 is accomplished by providing abutments at suitable pointson the carriage to engage a motor-tr1p (not shown) and rock the latter to draw on a link 32. This link 32 rocks a bell-crank 33 to withdraw a latch 34 from above a lever 35, pivoted at 36,, to permit the lever to be rocked by a spring 37. The forward end of the lever 35 over lies a pro jection 38 upon a downwardlyextending link 39 and depresses the latter to rock the lever 30, which, through the pin.31, starts the motor 26, as already described. At the forwardstroke'of the general operator, a cam surface 40 on the general operator. engages a finger on the forward end of the lever and raises it to restore the lever to the control of the latch. The motor having been tripped,

however,-continues its operation until a full reciprocatlo'n of the general operator has been effected- I The machine is constructed to effect subtraction by the complemental method; that is, provision is made of means for altering the connections of the rock-shafts to the linkages to cause the complements of 'thedigits.

typed to be in'dexed on the index-pins 17 of the pin-bars "18. The subtraction-setting means are like those disclosed in the patent 1 to Minton, No. 1,280,065, granted September 24, 1918. A subtraction-setting key 41 is arranged to be thrust to the rear to cause a link 42 to rock a lever 43 to withdraw a latch 44 from engagement with a notch 45 in a subtraction-setting bar 46. Upon the withdrawal of" the latch 44, a spring 4? draws the subtraction-setting bar 46 to the rear, and the bar in turn swings at bellcrank, comprising arms 49 and 50 and a rockshaft 48, to perform the several operations necessary to set the machine for subtraction in the manner fully disclosed in the patent to Thornton referred to above. After a sub-- traction setting and during the running in of a subtraction computation, the crossbar 25 of the eneral operator engages a lug 52 on the su traction bar 46, thus restoring the bar to the control of the latch 44, which at that time is urged upward by a spring 53 connected to the lever 43, and so setting the mechanism to a state of addition for the next operation. The mechanism thus far described is like that disclosed in the Thornton and Minton patents.

In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, provision is made of power-actuated means for automatically controlling the state of the computing mechanism. The general operator 24 is connected, through a link 51, a bell-crank lever 52 and a second link 53, to a rock arm 54 pivoted on a vertical shaft 55 that is supported by the base-plate 27. A pawl 56 carried by the arm 54 is pressed by' a spring. 57 into engagement with a ratchet-wheel 58 removably mounted on the shaft, to advance the ratchet-wheel step by step, the arrangement being such that the ratchet-wheel is fed a toothspace at each reciprocation ofthe generaloperator 24. A cam. 59 is also removably mounted on the shaft and connected to be driven step by step by the ratchet-wheel- 58. A follower 6O slidingly supported-by a guide 60, is pressed by a spring 61 into engagement with the periphery of the cam 59; and is connected through a crank 62 to oscillate a rock-shaft 63 mounted in bearings 64 on the base-plate 27. The rock-shaft 63 is connected through a second crank 65 to thrust forward a slide 66 which is arranged to engage adownwardly-extending arm 67 of the lever 43 and thrust it forward to withdraw the latch 44- from engagement with the subtraction-setting bar46, to permit the subtractiomsetting bar to be actuated by the spring 47 in the manner previously described to set the machine for'subtraction. The arrangement is such that the latch 44 is held out of engagement with the subtraction-setting bar whenever a low part of the periphery of the cam 59 permits the follower 60 to move toward the center of the cam while the slide 66 is withdrawn to permit engagement of the latch with the subtraction-setting bar whenever a high part of the cam 59 is effective.

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It will now be seen that, with the parts positioned as shown in Figure l. the machine will be in its normal state of addition. At

the end of the next computing zone, the motor will be automatically tripped to reciprocate the general operator 24 so that the ratchet-wheel 58' will be advanced a toothspace, bringing a low part of the cam 59 opposite the follower 60 and permitting the followerto approach the center of'the cam,

thus setting the machine to a state of subtraction. At the leaving of the next computmg zone, the machine Wlll be restored to addition 111 a similar manner, and due to the contour of the cam and the length of the indicate the state of the machine at any given time.

The band 68 is connected to the pulley 69 through sprocket-teeth 72, and this pulley is connected through a shaft 73 and a bevel gear 74 on said shaft to be driven from a bevel gear 75 which is mounted on the vertical shaft 55 and is actuated by the 55. v Should it be desired to change the schedule of operations, for example, to a sevenoperation schedule, such as that indicated in Figure 5, it will be necessary to remove-the six-toothed ratchet-wheel 58 and the cam 59 from the machine and to substitute therefor a seven-toothed ratchet-wheel 7 6, such as the one shown in Figure 7, and a cam 77' suitably contoured for operation by and with the seven-toothed ratchet-wheel 76, and for carrying out the schedule indicated. In order to make this substitution easy, the state-controlling mechanism is all mounted on the base-plate 527 of the machine, and is not positively connected with any of the computing mechanism, so that the computing and the writing mechanism can be readily lifted ofi' of the base-plate 27 to give access to the state-controlling mechanism. The ratchet 58 and the cam 59 are held in place on the shaft by a screw 78 which may be readily withdrawn. The cam 59 is provided with a pin 79 to engage a recess of the ratchet 58 to effect a driving connection between these members, and the ratchet 58 is provided with a pin 80 to engage a recess in the bevel gear 7 5 to effect a driving engagement between the ratchet 58 and bevel gear 7 It will be seen that by this ararngement the cam 59, or the cam and the ratchet may be readily removed to permit the substitution of similar elements for carrying out a different schedule.

It will be understood, of course. that the substitution of a new state-controlling cam ratchet-wheel 58, also on the vertical shaft whereby the schedule is changed requires also the substitution of a different indicatorband to correspond to the changed schedule. To enable this to be done, the shaft 73 is made in two sections 81 and 82, which are connected through a splicing sleeve .83, to which they are secured by binding screws 84. hen it is desired to substitute a new indicator-band, the forward binding screw 84 is turned to loosen the short forward shaftsection 81 to permit it with its pulloylit) to be moved to the rear, so that the old band 68 may be removed from it and the appropriate one put in its place. The opposite pulley is supported upon a pivot-screw 85, the head of which projects at the front of the machine. Byturning this screw 85,

it may be withdrawnfrom the ulley 70 to permit the pulley 70 to be move down away from its operative position to facilitate .the changing of the band. A guide 86 normally bears against the inner face of the pulley to retain'it in place upon the pivot-screw.

Provision 15 made for varying the feeding steps of-the rock-arm 5'4 in accordance with the tooth-space intervals ofditferent ratchetwheels. Forfthis purpose, the arm 54 is povided with afseries'o'f holes 87 at difl'erent .distances;;fr'onf'th "the throw bf the arni effected by the uniform move'ment -;,.Tofifthe link 53' may be varied. Theses liolesha've indice's'to show which hole shall be used for connecting the link and the arm when a ratchet-wheel of a given number of teeth is employed A spring-detent 88 for co-operating'with, the ratchet-wheels to prevent, overthrow thereof is similarly adj ustable by means of indexed threaded openings.

89 in thebase-plate.

In Figures 9 and 10 a different form of connection "from the general operator 24 to the state-controlling mechanism is disclosed. In this form, a rack90 extends rearwardly axis-l'ofathe arm, so that from the general operator 24 beneath a guide 9-1 to meshwith a gear 92 rotatable about a vertical shaft 93 mounted on the base-plate 27. A second smaller gear 94, fast to the first gear 92, transmits motion through a' rack 95 to a link 96 which is connected to reciprocate the arm 54. The elfect of the link 96 on the state-controlling mechanism is the same as the effect of the link 53 upon it in'the form of the invent-ion previously described, and the state-controlling mechanism is otherwise unaltered.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a typewrit-ing and computing machine, the combination with state-setting mechanism and a general operator, of state controlling mechanism including a ratchetdriven cam operated by the general operator to cause a definite schedule of computations to be carried out. I

2.=In a typewriting and 'comp'utlng machine, the combination witha traveling carriage, computing mechanism, and a motor for driving the. computing mechanism, of means for setting the motor into operation at the conclusion of each computing zone traversed by thevcarriage in letter feed direction, and state-controlling mechanism including ratchet-driven cams actuated by the motorand arranged to automatically vary the state of the computing mechanism.

4.- Ina typewriting and computing ma chine, the combination with a traveling carriage and computing mechanism including a ratchet-driven cam-actuated state-setting means, of power means foractuating the ratchet-driving means arranged to be set into operationrby the travelin carriage, but deriving its power independently thereof for changing thev computing mechanism from a state of addition to a state of sub' tract-ion. q

' 5. In a machine of the kind described, the combination with a general operator, computing mechanism, and state-setting mecha: nism, of state-controlling means arranged to carry out a schedule of operations in predetermined sequence, and means including a pawl-driven'ratchet actuated by the general operator to advance the state-controlling means one stage of its schedule at very computing operation, 6., In a machine of the kind described, the combination with a general operator, computing mechanism, and state-setting mechanism, of state-controlling means arranged" to carry out a schedule of operations in predetermined sequence, means including a pawl-driven ratchet actuated by the general operator at each operation thereof to ad-,

Vance the state-controlling means one stagev of its schedule, and means to produce idle operations of the general operator between computations to enable the operative to cause 3 position, of a general operator, means actucomputations to be effected in a diflerent order from} that determined by the fixed schedule of thestat'e-controlling means, when desired.

7-, In a typewriting and computing machine, the combination with a traveling carriage. computing mechanism, and state-setting mechanism, of a general operator, means for actuating the general operator, and means actuated by the general operator for controlling the state-setting mechanism, in-

eluding a ratchet-driven schedule cam, a reciprocating cam follower, and connections from the cam follower to the state-setting mechanism to control the latter.

8. In a typewriting and computing machine, the combination with a traveling carriage, computing mechanism, and state-setting mechanism, of a general operator, power means for actuating the general operator, means for setting the power means into operation, and means actuated by the power means for controlling the state-setting mechanism, comprising a schedule cam, a cam driver in the form of a ratchet-wheel having a tooth for each operation carried out by the. schedule of the cam, a cam follower, and connections from the cam follower to the state-setting mechanism to control the latter.

9. In a typewriting and computing machine, the combination with a traveling carriage, computing mechanism, and state-setting mechanism, of a general operator, power means for actuating the general operator, means for setting the power means into operation, and means actuated by the power means forv controlling the state-setting mechanism, including a ratchet-driven schedule cam, a reciprocating cam follower, and connections from the cam follower to the statesetting mechanism to control the latter.

10. In a typewriting and computing machine, the combination with a traveling carriage, computing mechanism, and state-setting mechanism comprising a subtraction setting bar and a latch normally holding the subtraction-setting bar ineffective, of a general operator, power means for actuating the general operator, means for setting the power means into operation, and means actuated by the power means for controlling the state-setting mechanism including ratchet-driven schedule cams, a cam follower, and connections from the cam follower to the state-setting mechanism to withdraw the latch from the subtraction-setting bar when the cam follower moves in one direction.

11. Ina typewriting and computing machine, the combinationwith a traveling carriage, computing mechanism, and state-setting mechanism comprising a subtractionsetting bar and a latch normally holding the subtraction-setting bar in an ineffective ated by the general operator at every opera tion thereof to move the: subtraction-setting bar to said ineffective position, power means for actuating the general operator, means for setting the power means into operation, and means actuated by the power means for controlling the state-setting mechanism,

riage, computing mechanism, and state-set-' ting mechanism, of a general operator,

power means for. actuating the general operator, means for setting the power means into operation, and means actuated ,by the power means for controlling the state-setting mechanism,

a ratchet-wheel for driving the cam, an

oscillatory pawl carrying arm' for driving the ratchet-wheel, "a link for driving the oscillatoryarm, and connections from the cam to the state-setting mechanism'to control the latter, the 'ratchet-wheel-and cam being removablefor replacement by a cam of different contour and a ratchet-wheel having a diiierent number of teeth,-and means for adjusting the amplitude of the oscillations of the oscillatory arm in accordance with the number of teeth of the ratchetwheel in use. V

13. In a typewriting and com'p'utingi'nachine, the combination with a traveling carriage, computingmechanism, and statesetting mechanism, of a general operator, powermeans for actuating the general operator, means for setting the power means into operation, and means'actuated by the power means for controlling the state-setting mechanism, comprising a schedule cam, a ratchet-wh elfor driving the cam, an oscillatory pawl-carrying arm for driving the ratchet-wheel, a link for driving the oscillatory arm, connections from the cam to the state-setting mechanism to control the latter, the ratchet-wheel and cam being removable for replacing by a cam of different contour and a ratchet-wheel having a dif-' ferent number of teeth, and means for adjusting the amplitude of the oscillations of the oscillatory ,arm number of teeth of p the ratchet-wheel in use, and comprisingla seriesof openings in the oscillatory arm and means for connect-- any one of saiding the link to the arm at openings. v

14. In a typewriting and computing machine, the combination with'a traveling carriage, computing mechanism, and state-setting mechanism, of a general operator, power means for actuating the general. operator, means for setting the power means into operation, means actuated by the power means for controlling the statesett1ng mechanism, comprising a schedule cam, a ratchetcomprising a schedule cam,

1 riage,

in accordance with the and cam to each other,

wheel for driving the cam, an oscillatory pawl-carryln arm for drivingthe ratchetwheel, a lin for driving the oscillatory arm, connections from the cam to the state setting mechanism to control the latter, the 7 ratchet-wheel and'cam being removable for replacementby a cam of different contour and a'ratchet-wheel having a different'number of teeth, and means for adjusting theamplitude of the oscillations of the oscillatory arm in accordance with the number of teeth of the ratchet-wheel in use, a etent to control the exact feeding of the ratchet-wheel, andmeans to adjust the detent'in accordance with the numberof teethof the ratchet-wheel in use. 15. In a typew'riting and computing machine, "the, combination with computing mechanism, of-ageneral operator, a subtracof the operator in contravention of the schedule of the state-controlling mechanism.

16. In a typewriting and computing machine, the combination withatraveling carcomputing ,mec'han'i'sm', and state-setting mechanism', of; a general operator, power means for actuating the'general operator,

be inefiective and to perin inefi'ective posiios (means forse'tting the" power means into operation, and meansi' ctuated by the power vmeans for. controliing" the state set'ting mech anism, comprising a shaft, an oscillatory operatingarmon the shaft, a pawl carried by the -arm=,"a 'ratcheflwheel rotat ably mounted on the shaftyand driven step by step by'the oscillatorymm and pawl, a schedule'cam, I means for effe'c'ting a driving connection be-' tween the ratchet-wheel and the cam, but not constructed to hold the ratchet-wheel the ratchet-wheel and of the shaft, and

to the computing 1 fixing thepositions of the cam longitudinally" connections from the cam (mechanism, the arrangement being such that the cam or the cam and the ratchet-wheel canbe readily removed and replaced by other similar'elements for carrying out dif ferent schedules of operations. 1 17. In a typewriting and computing machine, thecombination with a machine stand, of a computer removably mounted on the stand, and state-controlling mechanism including a schedule cam mounted on the 1 removable means for;

chine,

stand, tlie arrangement being such that the state-controlling mechanism is located in (o-- operative relation-to the computer. but is putcr" can be readily separated from the state-controlling -nrech2inism1-and removed from the stand to permit the substitution of a cam for carrying out a different schedule of computations. I 1;

18.111 :1 typewrit-ing and computing ma chine. the [combination with computing mechanism, of state-controlling mechanism for carrying out a definite schedule of computations, and gear-actuated means operated by said state-controlling mechanism to indicate the state of the machine at all times.

19. In a typewriting and computing machine. the combination with. computing mechanism,- of state controlling mechanism for carrying out a,.' clefinite schedule of computations, and means operated by said statecontroliing' mechanism to disclose the entire schedule, the state of'the machine, andthe point in the schedule at which the machine is set. v

20. In a typewriting and computing machine, the combination with computing mechanism, of state-controlling mechanism for carrying out adefinite schedule of computations, an indicator band having a whole number of cycles of said schedule of computations represented upon it, connections from the state-controlling mechanism to the indicator band to 'feedthe band step by step,

and a p ointeif ;co operating with the band to show. the operator the particular polnt" m;

thesche dule at which the machine is: set. i

21. In a typewriting and computingv mathe combination with computing mechanism, of state-controlling mechanism for carrying out a definite schedule of computations, an indicator band having a Whole chine, the combination with number of cycles of said schedule represented upon it, pulleyssupportin'g the indicator band, including. a driving pulley, and connections from the state-controlling mechanism to the driving pulley to advance the hand one stage of theschedule at each computing operation, c v

22'. In a typewriting and computing macomputing :mechanism', of state-controlling mechanism for carrying out a definite schedule of computations, an indicator having a whole number of cycles of said schedule represented upon it for showing the operator the state of the machine, means for changing the state-controlling mechanism to carry out a different schedule, and means for changing the band correspondingly.

23. In a t ypewriting and computing machine. the con'ihination with computing mechanism. of state-controlling mechanism for carrying out a definite schedule of computations, an indicator band having a whole number of cycles of said schedule represented upon it for showing the operator the state of the machine, means for changing the schedule of the state-controlling mechanism to carry out a cycle consisting of a ditferentnumber of computations, means for changing the indicator-band to provide one corresponding to thenew schedule, and means for adjusting the feed of the indicator band to proportion the feeding steps to the number of operations in the cycle. 7

24. In a typewriting and computing machine, the combination with a machine stand,

of a computer removably mounted on the it is desired to change the schedule of the machine.

25. In a t-ypevvriting and computing machine, the combination with a machine base having an inverted U-shaped portion at the front. thereof, computing mechanism, and

ing a removable schedule cam mounted on st-ate controllingmechanism,for carrying out 7 a definite schedule of computationsg of stateindicating means tiperated by the state-con trolling mechanism and comprising an indicator band arranged to exhibit the schedule of the machine through an extended opening in the upper surface of the inverted U- shaped portion of the machine base,- a pulley having sprocket teeth for positively driv ing the band located within the inverted U- shaped portion of the base, a shaft for driving the pulley, and means for collapsing the shaft to permit the pulley to be moved axially of the shaft, so that the indicator band can be Withdrawn from the pulley between the pulley and the frontwall of the inverted U-shaped portion of the base.v

I 26. In a typewriting and computing ma chine, the combination with d=mominational pin-bars and dial-wheels, of a general operator, a link connected to the general operator for reciprocation thereby, a second link operated by the first, means opcrat-ively connecting said links, an oscillatory arm operatcd by the second link, a pawl on the oscillatory arm, and state-controllii'ig mechanism advanccuble stop by step by the pawl.

ii. In a typewritiug and coi'uputiug machine, tho cmnbination with dcnominatioual pin-bars and dial-wheels, ot a general operator, means connected to the general operator for reducing the extent of movement transmitted therefrom, an oscillatory arm oper ated by the motion-reducing means, a pawl on the oscillatory arm, and statecontrolling mechanism advanceable step by step by thepawl.

28. In a typewritlng and computing ma chine, the combination with computing w mechanism, of state-controlling mechanism therefor, comprising a schedule cam and a ratchet-wheel for driving the cam step by step, a bevel gear also driven by the ratchet- -wheel, a second bevel gear driven by the first,

a horizontal shaft driven by the second bevel gear and extending to the front of the ma-- chine, and state-indicating means at the front of the machine, driven by the horizontal shaft. v

FREDERICK U; CONARD.

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